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UNC physicians leaders in new radiation treatment guidelines
QUANTEC review replaces 20-year old guidelines.
The culmination of a two-year effort to review available studies and establish new guidelines for the safe treatment of cancer with radiation therapy was published today in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics.
Several UNC radiation oncology faculty members participated in the process establishing the new QUANTEC (Quantitative Analysis of Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic) guidelines. These guidelines replace standards established almost 20 years ago, before the wide-spread use of 3D imaging technology that allows the more precise targeting of radiation to cancerous lesions.
"The new standards have resulted from a systematic review of radiation therapy dose/volume/outcome data on 16 organs. The new data was made possible by the more general use of 3D imaging during radiation planning. These new standards provide a logical framework to assess the risks of complex 3D doses that we now routinely consider," said Lawrence B. Marks, MD, chair of the department of radiation oncology and co-editor of the QUANTEC study.
Noting the overall trend in the U.S. toward improved practice through evidence-based medicine, Marks adds, "Our goal is to make the practice of radiation oncology more standardized and efficient, less open to interpretation and ultimately as safe and effective as it can be, using state-of-the-art technology to treat cancer."
Teams of physicians, physicists and statisticians/modelers reviewed the available literature for each organ to compile general dose/volume/outcome data, and make recommendations on regarding the selection of dose/volume prescriptions.
"We are pleased that UNC physician investigators played pivotal roles in this important analysis, which establishes new standards for this vital cancer treatment technology," said Richard M. Goldberg, M.D., physician-in-chief of the N.C. Cancer Hospital.
"It is a privilege to treat patients with these outstanding experts on our multidisciplinary teams."
David Morris, MD, clinical associate professor of radiation oncology and member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, was part of the American Society for Radiation Oncology's Health Services Research Committee, which originally recommended a review of the standards in light of new research and clinical experience. He helped to jump-start and obtain funding for the effort.
Marks, who is also a member of UNC Lineberger, served as a co-editor and provided oversight to the entire project in addition to leading the group that established guidelines for radiation therapy to the lung.
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Whether you think of it as an '80s dance that originated in the Harlem neighborhood of New York or a silly Internet meme that started with a bunch of guys in silly costumes, the "Harlem Shake" has become an international hit. With parodies springing up everywhere from Tunisia to Estonia to the stage of the English National Ballet, it's on its way to becoming the new ping pong diplomacy. Or at least the new "Gangnam Style."
Occupy Wall Street's tent cities are so 2011. After teenage students in Tunisia published a Harlem Shake video on Feb. 24, the outraged Tunisian education minister called for an investigation. As Tunisia Live reports, Tunisians then staged another Harlem Shake protest in the rain outside of the Ministry of Education Friday to protect the students' right to do the dance. Here's the controversial video:
The day before, more than 400 activists did the dance outside of the Muslim Brotherhood's office in Cairo, the New York Times reports. This comes after police arrested four Egyptian university students after they caused a disturbance by doing the Harlem Shake in their underwear, according to the Lebanon Daily Star.
Elsewhere, Estonians did the Harlem Shake to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the country's independence:
The Harlem Shake officially became a fine art when the English National Ballet did it:
The "Keep Calm and Do The Harlem Shake" shirt in the Fulham Football Club's video is bloody brilliant:
Looks like the Miami Heat Forward King (LeBron) James wants to be the King of the Harlem Shake too:
Shakes on a Plane? The FAA is now investigating a Harlem Shake video filmed by Colorado College's ultimate frisbee team on a Frontier Airlines flight earlier this month. A spokesperson for the airline couldn't comment to the Los Angeles Times, but did say, "all safety measures were followed and the seat belt sign was off":

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The home of Weddings and the wedding capital of the UK, the Famous Blacksmiths Shop, in Gretna Green, has over 260 years of history and heritage, joining couples since 1754, and is now a world-class, award-winning wedding destination, with a 5-star visitor attraction, shopping and 3 hotels. Through four generations of ownership, since 1885, this family-owned and operated business has been at the heart of Gretna Green and Dumfries and Galloway local history for over 130 years!
Whether you come to Gretna Green to be married, dine, stay overnight in one of our hotels and suites, share a wonderful family day out in our museum and courtship maze, or 'shop 'til you drop' in our fabulous Scottish Gifts and Luxury Brands shopping attraction; we have it all here!
Read more about our romantic, rebellious history
Since that first knock on the door in 1754, Gretna Green has been involved in weddings and joining hearts. The number 1 wedding destination in the UK, offering a range of, All-inclusive wedding packages and venue only weddings, across our Gretna Green hotels and wedding venues, we have something to suit all budgets and guests from just the 2 of you to 180.
We offer intimate weddings, inside our Famous Blacksmiths Shop, over our world famous Anvil, or we can also offer other Gretna Green wedding venues; including the Historic Marriage rooms at Gretna Hall Hotel and Smiths at Gretna Green hotel, or our Gretna venues including the Water Gardens at Greens Hotel and The Old Toll Bar – First and last house in Scotland. You can find out about wedding costs using our online wedding calculator.
Getting married at Gretna Green where weddings are very special and dreams can come true, can be organised very easily with the help of our wedding planners and wedding team.
Find out more about Weddings and Functions in Gretna Green
You don't have to get married at Gretna Green to be a part of the world's greatest love story. We also offer Anvil Blessings and Anvil Handfasting ceremonies in our Famous Blacksmiths Shop. Both are informal ceremonies, conducted by our Blacksmiths Guides and are a wonderful way to celebrate special occasions or to simply commemorate your visit!
Find out more about both or our Anvil ceremony options here.
There's more - we're 'not just famous for weddings' there's Scottish shopping, dining, history, heritage, online shopping and family fun too!
We are located over the border in Scotland, just off the M74 motorway, your first and last stop in Scotland; which makes us a popular destination for lots of visitors including international visitors, we are the Gateway to Scotland. Gretna Green visitor and shopping attraction is a place where you can just stop to stretch your legs, have something to eat and shop too. If you're planning a group visit then see why we were awarded the UK's Most Coach Friendly Shopping Attraction. Come and enjoy our range of delicious Scottish food and drink!
Learn more about why we're one of the best places to visit in Dumfries and Galloway
Be tempted to buy our popular range of beautiful Scottish gifts from a number of shops offering a variety of Scottish merchandise including our own brand name products; as well as luxury brands such as Swarovski and Harris Tweed. You can also shop online to purchase gifts and have them delivered anywhere in the world. And if you're hungry, taste the flavour of foods from Scotland in our Luxury Scottish Foodhall or our Blacksmiths Foodcourt.
Afterwards, tour our History of Gretna Green and Anvil Weddings museum, to learn more about what made Gretna Green Famous and the origin of Blacksmiths Anvil weddings and our Historic Scottish transport exhibition. You might even be lucky enough to see a couple about to get married! Not forgetting to touch the anvil for good luck in love!
Outside, there is an outdoor play area for children, our LOVE wall and our Courtship Maze too; there really is something for everyone.
Don't forget to make a trip to the Old Toll Bar too, for breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea and a look at the beautiful, intimate marriage room here; still a popular wedding venue today.
Don't forget, we also have our three hotels, should you wish to spend more time learning, shopping, dining and exploring Gretna Green!
Discover more about visiting Gretna Green
Whether you are looking for something to commemorate your visit, the perfect wedding gift or even that perfect new handbag, here at our Five-star Scottish shopping attraction, we have a wide selection of luxury brands and Scottish produce and gifts to tempt you.
From our Award-Winning Foodhall and Hamper and Home, to our Whisky and Gifts (where you will find a huge range of Scottish Whiskies and Gins) and our Gretna Green Since 1754 main store, you can get everything from tastes of Scotland to Barbour, Ness, Swarovski and Harris Tweed; not to mention our own luxury, cashmere and other Gretna Green branded products. Forgotten something you need for your stay, then we also have our fantastic Wee Big Shop, where you will find everything from newspapers and greetings cards, to confectionary, gifts and even travel essentials.
Don't have time to stop off? Then visit our Canny Scot Shop in M74 Gretna services, for a great selection of Scottish foods, gifts and luxury fashion and accessories.
If you are looking for accommodation in Gretna Green and Gretna, then we have you covered. From our luxury, 4-star boutique hotel – Smiths at Gretna Green, just a stone's throw from the Famous Blacksmiths Shop and our newly refurbished Gretna Hall Historic Marriage House and hotel, built in 1710, also within walking distance of our five-star tourist attraction; to the First and Last Hotel in Scotland – Greens at Gretna hotel.
From our 5- Star, Visit Scotland graded Blacksmiths Foodcourt, LOVE Conservatory Café and Takeaway here at the Famous Blacksmiths Shop, to the Old Toll Bar Restaurant and Marriage Room in Gretna, you can dine in Gretna Green from breakfast until dinner. Whether you're looking for a self-service meal, a cake and a coffee or afternoon tea; we have you covered.
Additionally, we have restaurants in all of our hotels, offering a range of dining options from A La Carte and private dining to bar/lounge menus, picnics, afternoon tea, Sunday carvery and Sunday lunches and tea-time dining. We even have an AA 2 Rosette restaurant within our Smiths Hotel for those looking for something extra special.
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Back in 1621, the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving in North America lasted for three consecutive days, most likely somewhere between Sept. 21 and Nov. 11. The exact dates are uncertain. But that otherwise-memorable feast 391 years ago certainly wasn't the first Thanksgiving here.
Local native tribes, of course, had long before celebrated the bounty of the autumn harvest, as do most hunter-gatherer cultures, vulnerable to capricious natural cycles. They would have little to be thankful for in subsequent years as more displacing Europeans followed the Pilgrims.
Those Pilgrim farmers from Europe, rather inept at survival in wild New England, had difficulty settling on an infertile, forested sand plain. Many died in the process. From the beginning, they needed to scrounge and exploit a weakened population of resident Native Americans.
Journals reveal they resorted early to stealing the natives' seed corn stashes even before meeting them. Thankfully for the Pilgrims, our region's Indians, severely weakened by the 1617 typhus epidemic introduced by French explorers, were not only nonbelligerent, but critically helpful, generous and initially much more tolerant and forgiving than the Pilgrims would have been, had Indians tried to settle their land and steal their seed.
Many of the decimated natives' untended fields were conveniently open for the lucky Pilgrims to plow. The Indians' hospitality would prove a strategic blunder, accelerating their rapid elimination.
The epic feast in Plymouth involved just 53 Pilgrims and nearly twice as many Wampanoag tribesmen. Accompanied by their leaders, Puritan Gov. Bradford and Chief Massasoit, everyone behaved. The lack of alcohol no doubt contributed to the civility.
Hunters provided all the main courses. Bradford had sent his shooters out fowling for several days earlier. Passenger pigeons, now extinct, were abundant then, as were fishy-tasting sea ducks and herons. Canada geese, mallards, black ducks, grouse and wild turkeys were shot, too, but the latter weren't the centerpiece of the table as most believe.
The Pilgrim's feast was lacking until the Wampanoags arrived carrying five deer. Venison and assorted wild fowl — not turkey — were the main entr�es of the first Thanksgiving. Considering that back in England all deer belonged to the king, feasting on venison was a novel privilege.
Large fowl like turkeys were typically boiled before roasting, rendering them more tender and creating a much-relished broth. Eels, clams, mussels, oysters, cod, flounder and lobsters were common, the latter surprisingly regarded as unappetizing "bugs." Having depleted sugar supplies and possessing no oven, they baked no desserts. Breads were made from corn, not wheat. Stuffing consisted of onions, chestnuts and herbs.
The seriously religious Pilgrims didn't condone wild partying, frivolity or excessive drinking of either beer, the most popular beverage of the time, or aqua vitae, a strong liquor made from distilling wine or beer. They'd have been surprised by our observance of football as part of the celebration. They certainly would have prayed.
We give the Pilgrims credit for establishing our most popular annual tradition, but they only initiated it. Surprisingly, they didn't continue celebrating Thanksgiving in subsequent years. The permanent establishment of the holiday resulted from later historical events.
Deer hunting back then was exceptional, considering the natives' excellent success with primitive means. Native Americans clearly had learned to manage the land, periodically burning areas to promote nourishing new growth, which would have attracted and sustained many more deer than shaded, mature forests with little undergrowth.
Indians didn't need Scentlock clothing, scentless soaps, doe-in estrus urine lures, compound bows, laser range-finders, steel broadheads or any of the dozens of other products hunters depend on today. Nor did they use the 5-foot, 6-inch heavy matchlock muskets of the Pilgrims. They had to be skilled and resourceful, playing the wind, trapping and ambushing. Their lives depended on their hunting success, so kills were always reason to celebrate. There were no anti-hunting or animal-rights factions back then.
My family will try to celebrate Thanksgiving semi-authentically with venison, wild turkey, oysters, quahogs, smoked bluefish and striper, boletus and chicken-of-the-woods mushrooms, and cranberries — all foods we hunted, fished for, or gathered ourselves in the wilds of Massachusetts.
Unlike the Wampanoags who roasted their venison to charred black over a wood fire, we'll be grilling kebabs of tenderloin and backstrap wrapped in maple-flavored bacon, very careful to cook them medium rare. And we'll incorrectly enjoy homemade pecan and apple pies for dessert.
I'm thankful my son and I could hunt together and kill deer for our family and friends, and that we still have wild lands to hunt, fish and gather. These opportunities of freedom don't exist in many other parts of the world.
Thanksgiving is a perfect time for successful hunters to share our bounty, and to thank the many people responsible for the continuance of our tradition — Mass. Fish and Wildlife, sportsmen's clubs, gun rights supporters, the Nature Conservancy, Trustees of Reservations, the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Committees, our Land Trusts, all the private landowners who share their land with us, and especially our beloved mates who understand and encourage our wild passions.


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The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah invites applications and nominations for an Information Resources faculty position. The Library is particularly interested in a librarian with interest in selection and licensing of electronic resources, and in digital collections. All librarians are expected to contribute to the profession through service, presentations, publications, and mentoring. This position includes some supervision of library staff. Applications are encouraged from energetic, creative and service-oriented individuals interested in collaboration, teamwork, and innovation.
For more information and details on how to apply, please see our Employment page. Review of applications begins March 15th and continues until the position is filled.


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Some groups have structured committees, while others are informal, with roles rotating around the members. However you organise the group, and even if you end up fulfilling most roles yourself, it is worth defining and allocating essential tasks:
- Coordinate activity, structure meetings and ensure that there is activity.
- Ensure decisions and policies are recorded.
- Deal with financial income / outgoings and fundraising.
- Recruit and keep members.
- Represent the group publicly and produce newsletters and maintain a website.
- Lead rides and events.
- Attend local council meetings and coordinate lobbying.
- Responding to consultations,
- Attend forums and relevant stakeholder groups.
As the group grows, tasks may be split or given to committees which report back to full meetings.
Entertainment is important - make things fun. Having social events as well as 'working' meetings can get members involved.


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Here is another article on who financed that sad affair.MartinL wrote:This is a bit off topic, but interesting history nevertheless.
- Simon Jonathan Sebag-Montefiore (born 27 June 1965, London) is a British historian and writer.To finance Lenin, Stalin's gangster outfit of hitmen and bank robbers used protection rackets, piracy, blackmail and kidnapping. The Rothschilds were hugely powerful in Baku, yet the Tsar's secret police and Bolshevik memoirists recorded how the Rothschilds contributed to Stalin's funds, even paying him off to stop a strike. The Rothschilds never knew that they had employed the future supreme pontiff of Marxism-Leninism -- nor that he burnt down their refinery. The family shrewdly sold their Russian interests in 1912. Only now have they returned to Russia. I recently recounted this to Jacob Rothschild, sending him a postcard of young Stalin on which I wrote, 'Your Employee of the Month 1902!'
Source: http://www.spectator.co.uk/politics/all ... iary.thtml
http://www.wildboar.net/multilingual/ea ... otsky.html


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Fall hazard prompts Big Lots to recall garden swings
14 reports of breakage, 9 reports of injuries received
Federal officials and the Big Lots store chain has recalled almost 7,000 swing sets made in China because of a fall hazard.
Columbus, Ohio-based Big Lots and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Wednesday the recall of about 6,900 Wilson & Fisher Garden Swings. They said customers who own the product should stop using it immediately.
The CPSC said the wooden swing's seat can break while in use, posing a fall hazard.
Big Lots has received 14 reports of swing seats breaking, resulting in four reports of back pain and five reports of scratches and scrapes.
The recall involves Wilson & Fisher log-style swing sets sold in a natural wood finish. The swing's two-person bench seat is suspended between two wooden A-frame supports. Assembly instructions sold with the swings have item number JY1107 and SKU number 210020400 printed on the sheet.
The product was sold exclusively at Big Lots stores nationwide from March 2012 through June 2012 for about $130.
Consumers are advised to return the product to the store for a full refund.


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Infuse , my favorite video player on iOS, has been updated with some highly anticipated features, including AirPlay, TV out (with HDMI/VGA adapter), WiFi file transfers and more. Besides being able to play most popular video formats – thus saving you the time of first converting into MP4 format – and its beautiful interface, Infuse lets users easily download subtitles right from within the app and also integrates trakt.tv (keep track of all the movies and shows you've watched with a free account). Personally I've been waiting for AirPlay support since the app released and thankfully, streaming to an Apple TV works flawlessly from what I've seen so far. There have been no lags or video/audio quality issues with the dozen or so files I've tested. The only downer is that subtitles are disabled once AirPlay is enabled. Fear not though, as FireCore has just mentioned to me that this is something they're working on and hoping to implement in the next update in 2-3 weeks.
Infuse is a free update for existing users and costs $4.99 on the App Store. More info after the gap.


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Moderators: [Official] Foundry Assistants, Cartographers
Tisha wrote:Any thoughts on the color changing on the text of Silverdale and Bainbridge Island?
wicked wrote: Can you put a star for my house? And yours!
Xyl wrote:it's too long and skinny.
Xyl wrote:Ferry routes - Still ugly. I know you want to keep the map true to reality, but come on, when you need to move an army surely you can hijack the ferries and make them go to a terminal off the normal route.
Silverdale, Bremerton, Allyn - I'm a bit concerned there won't be room for army circles on these, especially on the small map.
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This story is practically old news by now, and I had no intention of publicly weighing in on the matter, but for some reason, I am very bothered by this situation. So, here it is:
April 13th, 2011 – Blogger QuarryGirl received an email tip from a reader who realized that a photo on the VegNews website of a veggie burger was actually a picture of a real hamburger from istockphoto.com. Both he and QuarryGirl left multiple comments on the VegNews site notifying them of the "mistake," all of which were immediately deleted. In fact, the reader was told that his "inappropriate and mean-spirited commenting has violated the policy of VegNews," and that VegNews moderators would continue to remove his comments. After further investigation, it appeared that this was a fairly common practice on the site, and that images were even doctored to remove any meaty elements, such as the bones in the picture of spare ribs below (courtesy of QuarryGirl):
April 14th, 2011 – VegNews released a statement in which they neither apologized nor promised never to use stock photos again (not even non-vegan stock photos). The statement begins with, "The entire VegNews community is deeply saddened with the dialogue that has transpired over the last 12 hours." Uhh…sorry? Wait…what? Are we supposed to be apologizing to them?
It continues with a sort-of sob story about how expensive it is to publish a magazine and trying to compete with mainstream mags and nobody was vegan eleven years ago, oh-my-god-how-sad. Oh, and they won some awards from Oprah and Martha Stewart in the process! And basically, they couldn't have done all of this without using stock photos. Hey, that's just "industry standard."
It's not like I have a problem with using stock photos, in general, but it seems pretty obvious that a vegan audience isn't going to be to happy when they find out that they're actually looking at a picture of chicken breast soup and not seitan stew. I think VegNews knew that, too, or they wouldn't have kept it secret. Usually, if you feel like you have to hide something, it's probably something you shouldn't be doing. Another thing that I've been wondering about is whether or not these photos, which are supposed to correspond with a specific recipe in the magazine, even look anything like the actual dish. I mean, when I make meals from my favorite vegan cookbooks and sites, like Vegan Dad, the dish I prepare actually turns out looking something like the picture posted on the site.
Which brings me to another point: there are many vegan food bloggers who take their own mouth-watering pictures to go along with the recipes they've created. If they can do it without making any money from what they post, it can't be that difficult to get a decent point-and-shoot and some white plates and snap a picture of the actual dish. There's no one on the VegNews staff with even a bit of cooking or photography experience who would be willing to make the dish at home and take a picture of it? Even if no one at VegNews could cook or take pictures of food, which would be really strange since that's such a major focus of the magazine, I would rather go without a picture than see a picture of a dish made of meat that probably looks nothing like the actual creation. Seriously, you don't need a picture of every dish. Most cookbooks don't even have pictures for all of their recipes. Same goes for Vegetarian Times, another popular veg mag.
Is anyone with me on this? Because I was shocked at how many bloggers and commenters defended VegNews' actions. I first saw the story on Vegansaurus, but I wasn't terribly surprised with their wishy-washy response because one of their writers also works for VegNews. Pretty apparent conflict of interests, although they don't seem to think that it's clouding their judgement. A lot of people think this is akin to airbrushing images of models and celebrities, but I don't agree. I feel like most people who like to spend their time looking at celebrities actually WANT to see them airbrushed and made up and wouldn't like what they saw if the person wasn't wearing any make-up. In short, people want to be fooled when they see that celebrity, and they allow it to happen. And anyway, when you look at a doctored picture of Jennifer Lopez, you still recognize her as Jennifer Lopez. As someone who loves to cook, yes, I love to see pictures of beautiful food, but it's just as important to me that the picture is an accurate portrayal of the dish that I am so excited to make. If you have to sacrifice a little bit of the "beauty" to do that, which I don't see why you would unless the food is just ugly to begin with and then you shouldn't photograph it at all, then do it.
As a final note, a lot of people are also saying that this issue is distracting from the important matters; that is, animal cruelty, political issues that affect animal matters, etc. Maybe so, but is that the fault of the vegan public or the perpetrator? People were probably assuming they could hold VegNews to a higher standard and wouldn't have to police a company with ethics as its main focus. To be sure, they are not the first ethics-touting company to screw up, and they are certainly not the last, but I think we have the right to be disappointed that we can't even rely on people who supposedly share our values to represent us in the way that we would like to be represented.
More takes on the matter:
The Discerning Brute
This Dish is Veg


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Graham Readfearn | September 5, 2012
By Graham Readfearn • Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 13:42
IF the world's conspiratorial blogosphere was broken up into food items on a wedding buffet table, then an eclectic array of plate-fillers would surely be on offer.
There would be canapés topped with faked moon landings and hors d'oeuvres of Government-backed plots to assassinate civil rights leaders.
Sandwich fillings would come from US military staff at Roswell in New Mexico (cheese and alien, anyone?). The alcoholic punch would be of the same vintage as that which the British Royal family gave Princess Diana's chauffeur, as part of their plot to kill her. All of the catering would be provided by the New World Order.
Then there's the salad of human-caused climate change being a hoax, with the world's climate scientists, national academies and the declining Arctic sea-ice all in on the conspiracy.
Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Western Australia (UWA), is about to publish research which shows that a strong indicator of the rejection of climate science is a willingness to accept conspiracy theories.
His paper, to be published in the journal Psychological Science, is titled "NASA faked the moon landing - Therefore (Climate) Science is a Hoax: An Anatomy of the Motivated Rejection of Science".
The study details the results of a controlled online questionnaire posted on blogs between August and October 2010.
Among the conspiracy theories tested, were the faking of Apollo moon landings, US government agencies plotting to assassinate Martin Luther King, Princess Diana's death being organised by members of the British Royal family and the US military covering up the recovery of an alien spacecraft that crashed in Roswell, New Mexico.
In the paper, Lewandowsky concludes that "endorsement of a cluster of conspiracy theories… predicts rejection of climate science". The research also claims a correlation between people who endorse free-market economics and the "rejection of climate science".
He told DeSmogBlog:
There's a fair bit of previous literature to suggest that conspiratorial thinking is part of science denial. Conspiratorial thinking is where people would seek to explain events by appealing to invisible, powerful collusions amongst individuals, rather than taking events at face value. The absence of evidence for the conspiracy is sometimes taken as evidence of its existence and any contradictory evidence is itself embedded into the conspiracy.
In his paper, Lewandowsky adds: "Endorsement of the free market also predicted the rejection of other established scientic findings, such as the facts that HIV causes AIDS and that smoking causes lung cancer."
Given the well documented links between free market think-tanks and climate science misinformation, this finding isn't surprising.
But back to that "conspiracist ideation" trait which Lewandowsky and other researchers, such as Pascal Diethelm and Martin McKee, have identified among people who reject science.
Because rather fittingly, no sooner had Lewandowsky's paper begun to make headlines than the world's loose, nimble and definitely-not-conspiring network of climate skeptic blogs began to construct their own conspiracies about Lewandowsky's research.
The survey was conducted online and Lewandowsky's research team approached climate blogs requesting they post a link to the survey. Some eight "pro-science" blogs agreed to post the link, which gained 1147 responses.
Lewandowsky's researchers also emailed five popular skeptic blogs, but none of those approached posted the link to the questionnaire.
But had Lewandowsky actually fabricated the claim he had emailed five sceptic blogs, asked Anthony Watts, Jo Nova and others, smelling a consipracy.
Steve McIntyre, a long-time mining industry consultant and active climate sceptic, even encouraged blog readers to email the ethics department at Lewandowsky's university.
"If Lewandowky's claim about five skeptic blogs was fabricated, it appears to me that it would be misconduct under university policies," wrote McIntyre.
Once McIntyre had come down from the conclusion he had just jumped to, he later admitted that actually, he had been emailed by one of Lewandowsky's researchers after all but offered a "dog ate my homework" excuse.
Meanwhile, Lewandowsky says he has been "inundated" with requests to release the names of the four remaining bloggers his team contacted.
But since the approaches to bloggers were conducted on the presumption of privacy, the academic has asked his university's ethics committee and the Australian Psychological Society if he is free to release their identities.
Not content to wait, Australian skeptic blogger Simon Turnill has sent a Freedom of Information request to UWA asking for Lewandowsky's emails. Lewandowsky told DeSmogBlog:
So now there's a conspiracy theory going around that I didn't contact them. It's a perfect, perfect illustration of conspiratorial thinking. It's illustrative of exactly the process I was analysing. People jump to conclusions on the basis of no evidence. I would love to be able to release those emails if given permission, because it means four more people will have egg on their faces. I'm anxiously waiting the permission to release this crucial information because it helps to identify people who engage in conspiratorial thinking rather than just searching their inboxes.
Lewandowsky revealed that two of the five skeptic blogs approached even replied to the email they were sent.
One stated "Thanks. I will take a look" and another asked "Can you tell me a bit more about the study and the research design?"
Perhaps an inbox search for these phrases might help some bloggers to move on from their latest conspiracy theory.
Or maybe, just maybe, the real story is that the New World Order hacked their email accounts or a CIA operative secretly dropped a memory-lapse drug into their fake moon juice?
Phil M replied on Permalink
" All of the catering would be provided by the New World Order."
It's amazing how many times I run into tin foil hat wearing nutters that actually believe that.
Who would be in charge? Does everyone uber elite have the same say? Is there a power of veto? Is there any chance whatsoever, of countries like Russia, China, Pakistan, Arab countries etc sitting down and agreeing with countries like the USA and using climate change as the tool for them to control the worlds population?
It's just so implausible. But sucks so many in who refuse to think, or perhaps smoke too many drugs.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Climate Science Denial is the new Roswell…. interesting take.
I'd already concluded that folks like Watts is engaged in 'conspiracy theory' work. Its not like his high school education has geared him up to deal with real world science or technical work.
Of course… before the nutters loose it here, its important to point out some valid statistics that always confound and confuse them. Correlation does not equal causation. Interesting… the deniers are always looking for patterns but seem to miss this important fact.
I've actually been accused of being some sort of plant by a green group. (Pun?) And I won't deny that I think that a lot of these deniers are paid to do exactly this. Of course, facts support my thinking;
Corporations aren't monitored for their activities in the same way the government is, and their PR campaigns are already extensive. How can businesses make more inroads into the public mind? Hmmm?
How come deniers seem to disappear during elections? My usual crop of cabbage heads has disappeared from Canadian news papers during the Republican presidential ramp up. (Maybe its all in my mind… but I don't think so.)
VJ replied on Permalink
I'm guessing that most
I'm guessing that most deniers are more interested in politics than science, so maybe they are applying their energy to election efforts (whether paid or volunteers).
It was interesting on twitter the other night as many Canadians who follow politics were torn between the Quebec election and the US Democratic speeches. I just follow twitter to find out as much as I need to know about the politics.
I do wonder sometimex if some rightwing trolls commenting on Canadian political websites are Americans, and if they are paid to troll.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
I hadn't thought...
I hadn't thought that they might also be volunteers. But of course that makes sense.
However… Harper has been repeatedly caught using paid staffers to make it look like he has popular support for his crappy little schemes.
Phil M replied on Permalink
" I just follow twitter to
" I just follow twitter to find out as much as I need to know about the politics.
I do wonder sometimex if some rightwing trolls commenting on Canadian political websites are Americans, and if they are paid to troll."
The HB-Gary hack showed us that they have persona management software to fill sites like twitter with mock outrage, pretending to be many people, when really……it's only one.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
That doesn't surprise me...
I've often accused some posters of being unable to pass a Turing Test. Honestly though… people are hooking up and talking with bots on line. I find that kind of funny.
If you think about it… Twitter\Facebook bots are to people what viruses are to computers. I'm deadly careful when it comes to computer security, I also double check all email links, etc to make sure I'm not getting phished. I'm not about to start chatting with a bot.
All this talk makes me wonder if someone couldn't create a bot detector that works like anti virus software.
Try new Turing Antibot, and zap those pesky bots from your life!
Phil M replied on Permalink
"I've often accused some
"I've often accused some posters of being unable to pass a Turing Test."
Some of them are already able to beat the "captcha" phrase technology. We have seen here on this site. And many sites don't even have any sort of measures to determine if the commenter is human or not e.g. denier blogs.
If there is any sort of conspiracy, it is an oil funded, lobbyist, astroturfing manufactured outrage to hold up climate science and to delay action, in the name of fossil fuel profits.
Deniers accept that the tobacco industry did it, but find it inconceivable, that the collective fossil fuel industry could engage in such thing, despite being hundreds of times larger than the tobacco industries.
Bird replied on Permalink
Wrong Side
Entrenched Oil interests will be working in favour of the global warming crusade. This misinformation will further entrench their position in the energy mix. The net effect of the global warming fraud is to get in the way of competing energy development that actually works and is cost-effective.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Just the usual conman we see around here.
Attacks… inuendo… no evidence…
If we're lucky we'll get scrimpt of a link from an exceedingly dodgy web site on page 2 of our posts… Then you'll slink off after making this big stink.
I just want anyone thinking of reading what you say know this before they waste their time.
Bird replied on Permalink
No point
There is no point in someone as dense as you reading anything I say. It would be like a baboon or a yak wrinkling its forhead in a futile attempt to comprehend. But major oil interests represent the status quo. The CO2 fraud is a hindrance to new energy development. So of course the entrenched interests are quite happy with this science fraud.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"Entrenched Oil interests
"Entrenched Oil interests will be working in favour of the global warming crusade."
I think I am yet to see an argument from you, which has any logic or rationality.
If the oil interests are in favour of "the global warming hoax", then why do they spend so much to oppose it and why do they so openly oppose taxation or regulation that will not only affect their profits, but invite unwelcome competition.
"The net effect of the global warming fraud is to get in the way of competing energy development that actually works and is cost-effective. "
Like what?
Phil M replied on Permalink
"Correlation does not equal
"Correlation does not equal causation. Interesting… the deniers are always looking for patterns but seem to miss this important fact."
Yes, they are big on the "we have had high CO2 before and there were no SUV's, therfore, this time it's the same, it's all natural."
Another conspiracy theory I like is, the scientists are paid to find AGW, so they invent stuff to fit a square peg into a round hole. They don't consider that the scientists get paid no matter what.
Or the CT that it's a socialist political agenda created by liberals…….except the theory was in place before any of these ideological parties existed. And they forget the fact that just as many conservative parties have been involved over the years….duh.
"I've actually been accused of being some sort of plant by a green group. (Pun?) And I won't deny that I think that a lot of these deniers are paid to do exactly this. Of course, facts support my thinking;
I remember being passed this last year about a paid internet troll. I'm sure they exist.
Paid to push conservative ideology on sites like Huffington and Reddit.
Phil M replied on Permalink
And they don't find it ironic
And they don't find it ironic, that the deniers use the same proxies to assert their position, as the devices used by AGW realists that they accuse of being rigged. They don't mind their tax payer dollars being spent on satellites and research etc….if it supports their position. If it doesn't…..it's "MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS BEING WASTED!!!".
Ian Hanington replied on Permalink
Who would be in charge?
Duh. Everyone knows it would be the shape-shifting lizards from the lower fourth dimension!
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
And we all know...
Earth Girls Are Easy!
Phil M replied on Permalink
"Duh. Everyone knows it would
"Duh. Everyone knows it would be the shape-shifting lizards from the lower fourth dimension!"
David Icke was right all along!
Bird replied on Permalink
Note that this nonsense about "dimensions" comes straight from mainstream crank science. And is here adopted by non-mainstreamers, pretty much holus-bolus. The idea of more than three dimensions has nothing to it. But it fuels all sorts of fantasies, mainstream and otherwise. Mainstream crank science is ubiquitous and is held aloft by relentless lying and the cult of personality. Conspiracy may be present in every case of it or in some cases and not in others. One doesn't want to take an unscientific point of view towards conspiracy.
Bird replied on Permalink
The Professor may be onto something here in 2012. But had he taken the same survey in 2007, he'd likely have found no correlation at all. When I looked into global warming seriously for the first time in 2005 I suspected no conspiracy. I was quite used to the idea of mass-hysteria, the madness of crowds, and this sort of thing. I didn't think then that this business was being directed from the top. Only later did the top-down direction become apparent. And as for the Apollo hoax, I only started looking into that one a couple of months ago.
So the Professor may be right in 2012, would probably have been wrong in 2007, but its all besides the point. It doesn't matter if its stupidity, or wickedness, so long as we stick to science and reason. So long as we worry about the scientific evidence, and block out all pseudo-evidence, then we will wind up with the right idea as a society. I've never witnessed either Graham Readfearn or the Professor make a scientific argument once. Not even once.
Stick with the evidence and the conspirational forces at the top will have little effect.
Phil M replied on Permalink
" When I looked into global
" When I looked into global warming seriously for the first time in 2005 I suspected no conspiracy."
So now it is a world wide conspiracy?
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Hmm... Isn't treason an executable offence?
The US Navy and Russian Navy are in on it too! And those pesky Canadian ASW (Anti Submarine Warfare) Units are faking all that data too, they even started before there was Climate Change! Imagine that!
Yup… American soldiers scoff at treason! In yo face they say!
Phil this guy is just running the usual scam. He says a lot, provides no links, or information of any credible value.
Bird replied on Permalink
The Usual
The usual gangsters, whom we have seen in other areas, like in the massive banking stealing since 2008 ….. These people appear to have a stranglehold in the US, Great Britain, and the NATO and EU countries. Their influence is felt elsewhere but they really seem to have a grip over the territories mentioned, or the incredible thieving of the bankers couldn't take place. Nor could you have the US geological survey putting about lies, and the UK geological survey echoing the exact same lies.
Bird replied on Permalink
For Sure
There is a driving force at the top that is both mutinational and conspirational for sure. This is readily provable. But naturally enough, to explain the entirety of it, you still have to rely on mass hysteria, "the madness of crowds" and this sort of thing.
The global warming fraud is a particularly nasty sort of evil, since its co-opting and using up legitimate concerns for the environment. For example the other day I just saw a very reasonable tv show about how the sea is breaking down all the plastic, and its being micronised and sent all the way through the food chain via the fishes. This is a disaster. As is over-fishing. But everyone is tuckered out by this warming scam run by the usual suspects.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"There is a driving force at
"There is a driving force at the top that is both mutinational and conspirational for sure."
Please entertain us with the facts of this conspiracy theory of yours. Who at the top is driving it and what is the ultimate goal?
"This is readily provable."
So prove it.
"The global warming fraud is a particularly nasty sort of evil"
So there is a malevolent spiritual force in cahoots with them as well?
"But everyone is tuckered out by this warming scam run by the usual suspects."
Like who?
Phil M replied on Permalink
The Lewandowsky paper ties in
The Lewandowsky paper ties in with various papers and books that point to a well known fact.
"Researchers in history and sociology frequently cite the \manufacture of doubt" by vested interests and political groups as a factor (Jacques, Dunlap, & Freeman, 2008; McCright & Dunlap, 2003, 2010; Mooney, 2007; Oreskes & Conway, 2010; Stocking & Holstein, 2009). For example, over 90% of environmentally sceptical books published since 1972 have been demonstrably sponsored by conservative think tanks (Jacques et al., 2008). Oreskes and Conway (2010) analyzed the shared ideological underpinnings of organized attempts to question well-established scientic ndings over the last few decades, from the link between smoking and lung cancer to the causal role of chloro uorocarbons (CFC's) in eroding the ozone layer to, most recently, the ndings from climate science. Oreskes and Conway documented that a small number of organizations and individuals have been instrumental in those contrarian activities, arguably motivated by a laissez-faire free-market ideology that views as threatening any scientic nding with potential regulatory impact, such asMotivated rejection of science 4 interference with the marketing of tobacco products, bans on CFC's, or a price on carbon (cf. Dunlap & McCright, 2011)."
Even major skeptic sites are in the majority against the denier position and also treat them as conspiracy theorists, take JREF for example.
Bird replied on Permalink
No Skeptics
JREF? You mean Randi's internet sewer? You won't find one skeptical person on that place. They just believe what they're told. They are the most submissive true believers on the planet. Doesn't matter how stupid the idea is. If it purports to be mainstream dogma, they will believe it. These guys are even fans of the Federal Reserve. They think cancer treatment through poisoning, radiation, and cutting is a roaring success. There isn't one dumb idea that has the stamp of mainstream on it that they will ever not bow down to.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"JREF? You mean Randi's
"JREF? You mean Randi's internet sewer?"
That's funny. Clearly there is a lot of woo you believe in they that expose. Destroying faith with facts can be painful I guess.
"You won't find one skeptical person on that place."
But let me guess. Blogs that are not actual skeptic blogs, but are denier climate change blogs with right wing leanings, are classed as real "skeptics" as far as you are concerned? No true scotsman eh?
"They think cancer treatment through poisoning, radiation, and cutting is a roaring success."
Oh gawd, save me from this industrial grade nuttery. You think radiation and chemo therapy do nothing? And what, crystals, incense, power juices and chakra alignment does? Sheeesh.
Bird replied on Permalink
Randi's internet sewer isn't
Randi's internet sewer isn't a skeptical blog. They will believe anything they are told. They will believe CO2 is a pollutant if they are told CO2 is a pollutant. They will believe that astroNOTS can get around on the moon for two days or two hours or any amount of time without exhaliing from their spacesuits if they are told to believe this. There is no such thing as woo, but they will believe there is a thing called woo if the others seem to be believing in woo. So its a fact that this is not a skeptical blog at all. If NASA tells them that comets are snowballs, no snow, no ball no snowball, no evidence for snow or ice ever, still they will believe what NASA tells them. Even though NASA is a giant ripoff machine that lies all the time
Bird replied on Permalink
Radiation And Chemotherapy
Radiation and chemotherapy are excellent ways to rip the public off. But they are terrible ways to make sick people well. They are a ripoff and mass murder rolled into one. Chemotherapy is so toxic to the sick patient, that he knows for a fact that he'll be even sicker when he undertakes it. So he goes out and buys himself a wig. This is one of the really big scandals of the last few decades. They keep killing people every year with this old technology. Its not outdated technology since it was never a good idea. Its just old. Yet every year there is more fundraising for research. The money is pocketed, the research is either useless or largely ignored, and the next year they are back to hurting people with sword, fire, or poison (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy). Its medieval except for the money involved which is stupendous.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"Radiation and chemotherapy
"Radiation and chemotherapy are excellent ways to rip the public off. But they are terrible ways to make sick people well."
Let me guess, Homeopathy is ok though isn't it?
I'm sorry, but radiation therapy and chemo has runs on the board. This is a bit like the anti vaxxer argument. A small percentage of ill effects get the light shone on them and the vast majority of successes are ignored. I know personally of 5 friends and family members that have undergone radiation and chemo therapy. One of the 5 didnt make it.
Your level of drug intake must truly be massive. What's your poison, pot, or crystal meth?
"Chemotherapy is so toxic to the sick patient, that he knows for a fact that he'll be even sicker when he undertakes it."
No shit sherlock. Thanks for the newsbreak captain obvious. It's like anti biotics on steroids. Anti biotics ( anti-life) are prescribed an have successfully saved millions of lives, yet it destroys good an the bad inside you. People don't stop taking them.
People <b> know </b> radiation and chemo therapy have runs on the board.
Yes, it kicks your arse and makes you sick and makes you lose your hair. But it's a small price to pay for living.
Bird replied on Permalink
Don't be idiotic. I'm for going with a strategy based on reason and evidence. Clearly Homeopathy isn't going to make that gig. Radiation and chemotherapy have no runs on the board at all. They are carcinogenic in and of themselves. They are only performed for their money-making capacity and to double down on past crimes. They are no better as treatments then destroying a weed-filled garden in the hope that the roses will grow back. Their failure spans over the decades. They fail year in year out for decades.
But you believe they are valid medicine, since you believe what you are told, and have no time for evidence.
Phil M replied on Permalink
" Radiation and chemotherapy
" Radiation and chemotherapy have no runs on the board at all."
Clearly, if you read nothing but conspiracy theory sites and smoke copious amounts of drugs, then no.
Bird replied on Permalink
Not Theory.
Its not a conspiracy theory. Its demonstratable fact. Plus you've shown yourself to be mentally incompetent by implying that conspiracy doesn't happen. This is untenable since when people wish to do bad things, they will tend to co-ordinate their actions stealthily. So I'll have a backdown from your wrong point of view for starters.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"Its not a conspiracy theory.
"Its not a conspiracy theory. Its demonstratable fact."
Then roll on with the facts then buddy, knock yourself out. So far you have produced zero facts. Anytimetime you want to replace the rhetoric with facts, we can address tese "facts" and expose this grand conspiracy.
"So I'll have a backdown from your wrong point of view for starters. "
Errrr……..hey? Oh yeah wait a minute….I got it…..er,no I don't….hey?
Bird replied on Permalink
In public or with stealth?
Do people achieve political goals alone or in groups? When those political goals are wicked or self-serving do they use stealth or are their actions open.
Only someone of very low IQ would not know the answer to these questions. Answering these questions honestly brings the inevitability of conspiracy into the human world.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"Do people achieve political
"Do people achieve political goals alone or in groups? When those political goals are wicked or self-serving do they use stealth or are their actions open. "
Only one problem with your assertion. Thas and there are many conservative governments and politicians who not only believe in, but are acting on the science. So far, I'm not getting it, please unravel the conspiracy more for me.
Bird replied on Permalink
Assertion Or Question
Its a question and not an assertion. Its no mystery that someone who would mix up a question with an assertion would have some difficulty in reading comprehension. Its written in plain English and if you are not getting it the fault is all your own, or perhaps your parents fault. Just keep reading it and reading it and reading it and perhaps one day some sort of dim understanding may sink in.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"Its a question and not an
"Its a question and not an assertion."
True, but it leads to what you are insinuating in your logical fallacy. That because people achieve politcal goals in groups, global warming is a political hoax.
Like I say, there are those on all sides of the political fence (except mayne Libertarian nut jobs) that agree with the theory. You fail, I'm sorry to break that to you.
That shipment of fail you ordered last week must be just about there at your house.
Bird replied on Permalink
I never committed a logical fallacy. I never said what you claimed I said. Thats just you lying.
Briefly, the global warming fraud is a known racket for two main reasons:
I There is co-ordinated international misinformation in its favour
II There is absolutely no evidence which could justify its goals. This after multi-billions wasted and many years having gone by.
Elsewhere I've listed the three propositions that you would need to find evidence for to justify the movement.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"There is co-ordinated
"There is co-ordinated international misinformation in its favour"
For the benefit of whom? Co-ordinated by who?
"There is absolutely no evidence which could justify its goals."
For those with paranoid political confirmation bias problems….no.
Bird replied on Permalink
Good Lord you must be demented. That you have evidence of international collusion doesn't tell you the names and the addresses of the culprits!!!!! Look I just go with the evidence. I lack your gifts of second sight. If I see clear and incontrovertible evidence of international collusion, I don't go into a state of zen and divine, out of thin air, the names and the addresses of the people most culpable for it. Were you looking for their names and addresses? Don't you know what a conspiracy is? A conspiracy is where they won't tell you their names, motives, addresses and so forth.
I can certainly speculate about the nature of the networks doing this. I can certainly speculate on their motives. But the evidence only tells me directly the top down nature of this fraud and its international co-ordination. The main evidence for the conspiracy is the lack of evidence for the movement. The movement is an evidence free zone. But the more direct evidence includes this business with the US geological society.
Now we have the US geological society lying about the level of underwater volcanic CO2 output. And we have the UK geological society lying and using the same excuse. So we assume international co-ordination. Did I claim to be a full-time investigator? I'd have to drop my day job, leave my family, and start looking for the money-trail and the trail of appointments to a string of government organizations.
In general we see that the shadow government appears to have come out of the union of fractional reserve …. with central banking … and with covert operations. Retrospectively we can see that this was always going to happen. Once you tolerate fractional reserve "all else follows with complete certainty, even in the midst of chaos."
The networks that control this nexus are really the only crowd who can carry out major conspiracies in the Western World. Whereas there may seem to be many conspiracies, and six plots before breakfast, the reality is that there is only one conspiracy. Because there is only one network able to carry all these various activities off. The Mother of all conspiracies came with the meeting on Jekyll Island in 1910. Wherein all these financiers with a London connection conspired against the American public.
If you should ever doubt the reality of conspiracy then read up on the meeting at Jekyll island. You might have to read it each time this demented denial of conspiracy closes in on you.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"That you have evidence of
"That you have evidence of international collusion "
But i don't have any evidence of that. You supposedly do, but of course, you can't tell us who it is:
"doesn't tell you the names and the addresses of the culprits!!!!!"
"If I see clear and incontrovertible evidence of international collusion, I don't go into a state of zen and divine, out of thin air, the names and the addresses of the people most culpable for it."
No of course not. It makes it hard when there is none. Just one, anyone?
"Were you looking for their names and addresses?"
Can't imagine why I would need to.
"Don't you know what a conspiracy is? A conspiracy is where they won't tell you their names, motives, addresses and so forth."
This just keeps getting funnier. Although, i feel a little sorry for you. There are good mental health wards and medicine for your illness, just sayin. Ok, if you can't supply a name, supply the names of the institutions or who they belong to these people.
"I can certainly speculate about the nature of the networks doing this."
Speculate away.
"I can certainly speculate on their motives."
I have the popcorn waiting, bring on the entertainment.
"But the evidence only tells me directly the top down nature of this fraud and its international co-ordination."
Oh yeah, the one you don't know any names of or who is invloved? Convenient.
"The main evidence for the conspiracy is the lack of evidence for the movement. The movement is an evidence free zone."
You do realise that the IPCC's AR4 has several thousand references in it don't you?
"Now we have the US geological society lying about the level of underwater volcanic CO2 output."
Again, provide the citation.
" Did I claim to be a full-time investigator?"
Did anyone ask if you were?
"The networks that control this nexus are really the only crowd who can carry out major conspiracies in the Western World."
You do realise that America is not the only country in the world don't you? And that there are many countries that are hostile towards America? How embracive do you think they will be of the idea of these guys running the show or calling the shots?
Bird replied on Permalink
Do we have a backdown on the reality of conspiracy in human life? Or are we going to wait for the backdown on this particularly acute form of idiocy that you are displaying?
Phil M replied on Permalink
"Do we have a backdown on the
"Do we have a backdown on the reality of conspiracy in human life?"
I thought by your opening comment, that you understood that correlation does not imply causation. So conspiracies have existed before in the past, therfore every contentious event is a conspiracy?
Bird replied on Permalink
Therefore you attempt not to be an idiot and pretend that conspiracies aren't happening in the face of evidence that implies conspiracy. Like the Hadley leaks for example. That proved conspiracy to mislead the public. Its really that simple. We don't deny conspiracy when its manifest or even when its likely. The bankers have ramped up their stealing of the US and EU country public since 2008. This is a conspiracy. Its doing wicked things, and the preparation to carry out this massive crime wasn't done all out in the open. Since conspiracies are in fact normal, the study and the thread are ridiculous.
We have a "tone of voice" argument. Which is no argument at all. The argument seems to be "ha ha there is no such thing as conspiracy"… But the dopey UNskeptics who think what they are told won't spit it out what their argument is. Since they have none and hate evidence.
Bird replied on Permalink
Fatal Flaw
Here we have a fatal flaw with the study and with the thread. Since its manifest that conspiracy is a normal feature of human life, as all history, and any moments reflection demonstrates ….. then what is the point of the study, and of the thread? Are we to believe that the Senators who conspired against Ceaser did so in public? Or are we to believe that they were each required to bring their own knife and participate in the assassination? The whole thread is therefore moronic.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"Since its manifest that
"Since its manifest that conspiracy is a normal feature of human life, as all history, and any moments reflection demonstrates"
Any more fallacious arguments you can pack in here?
"then what is the point of the study, and of the thread? "
Clearly, if it was pointless, then you would not find the time to come here……and tell us it was pointless.
"Are we to believe that the Senators who conspired against Ceaser did so in public? "
I get it! So therfore the moon landings were faked! Did I win? Did I win the prize?!
"The whole thread is therefore moronic"
Stop it, my stomach is sore from the laughing. Ahhahaha.
Bird replied on Permalink
History if full of people acting in groups and doing evil things. Its atypical of them to be planning these evil or self-serving activities publicly. Therefore conspiracy is a normal part of life and only total idiotis would use the idea that conspiracies don't happen as an argument.
Got it so far hey dummy? Not the sharpest tool in the shed right? Sort of got behind the others at school right?
Bird replied on Permalink
Conspiracy Lesson Mark II
Since conspiracy is established as a normal part of human life, and since we cannot see back in time, behind closed doors, or at great distances, the idea is to look for clear signs of conspirational action, if we so choose to look for evidence of conspiracies, rather then to be in denial about such evidence. This ought not be something which excites a lot of emotional irrationality from people. But those people who think Randi's internet sewer is a beacon of good science as opposed to belly-crawling conformism…. this type of person takes an irrational approach to conspiracy. They are full of Woo these people. They are denialists. They deny the need for scientific evidence. They hate scientific evidence and the perceived need for it.
Are they all stupid? Or are they just evil? This is a healthy argument and I encourage human beings who are real skeptics to discuss this matter in their spare time. But arguments of this sort ignore the reality that movements to do wicked things are made up of many people, some of whom are evil, some of whom are stupid, and when they get together they do things that are both wicked and stupid.
In this particular case they have decided that CO2 is pollution. This is a very stupid thing to say. And its evil too since CO2 is necessary for a healthy biosphere and for life itself. They aren't coming down on the Mercury that is released by coal companies. In fact the same type of people think its good to inject Mercury into babies and small children. Why do the (UN)skeptics think CO2 is a pollutant, and that jacking mercury into babies represents good childcare? Because they have been told to believe this and they will believe what they are told no matter how irrational the proposition is.
Bird replied on Permalink
Big Conspiracy
Here is incontrovertible proof that at the top there is conspirational action going on. The US Geological survey claimed that above ground CO2 release from volcanos was about the same as undersea volcanic release of CO2. Then you go to the British version of that sort of bureaucracy and they are lying in exactly the same way. Using the 1990 study. Or at least they were both lying in identical ways.
This movement is not without international co-ordination. Likewise with Goddard. Goddard was busted rigging the data. But then NOAA and Hadley were producing similar graphs. So they had to be lying too. We knew that they had to be lying as well, and in a co-ordinated way, even before the Hadley leaks further corroborated that they were rigging the data, in co-ordination with NASA (The Goddard wing). It ought not surprise us that Goddard was lying because lying is what NASA does. But its a serious matter when we have co-ordination which brings in the British as well. So this is definitely a high level shadow government project, this CO2 business.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"Here is incontrovertible
"Here is incontrovertible proof"
Usually, statements like that are accompanied by some sort of citation. I can't work out whether a) you think rhetoric and opinion is enough or b) you know your information will come from some deranged CT site and will be laughed out of the room?
"even before the Hadley leaks further corroborated that they were rigging the data"
You do realie that various panels exonerated Phil Jones and showed that the deniers actually couldn't understand what they were talking about….don't you?
"So this is definitely a high level shadow government project, this CO2 business. "
Oh wow, Alex Jones etc have really done a number on you havent they?


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Discussion: Guardian Unlimited, DailyTech, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, MacUser, Gear Live, Digital Trends, Podcasting News, The Apple Core and InfoWorld
Bobbie Johnson / Guardian Unlimited: Almost live from Apple launch
Tuan Nguyen / DailyTech: Apple Announces New iMacs and Accessories
Andru Edwards / Gear Live: Apple Releases New Aluminum and Glass iMac
Geoff Duncan / Digital Trends: Apple Refreshes iMac, Announces iLife '08
Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core: The silent type: Apple quietly revs Mac mini
Ben Ames / InfoWorld: Apple plans iMac desktop upgrade
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Apple's new iMac — Who could've seen this one coming?
Apple's new iMac — Who could've seen this one coming?
Discussion: Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, The Boy Genius Report, ZDNet, Tech Blog, Joystiq and DigitalBattle
Dean Takahashi / Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi: Live blogging from Apple's new iMac debut
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: The redesigned iMac desktop range emerges
Ross Miller / Joystiq: New iMacs feature DirectX 10-compatible ATI Radeon GPUs
James Hyde / DigitalBattle: Apple Unveils DX10 Comatible iMacs
Apple Introduces iLife '08
Apple Introduces iLife '08
Discussion: Infinite Loop, Engadget, DailyTech, Compiler, Good Morning Silicon Valley and Podcasting News
Charles Jade / Infinite Loop: iLife '08 makes its debut
Chris Ziegler / Engadget: Apple updates .Mac
Brandon Hill / DailyTech: Apple Quietly Updates Mac mini Lineup
Michael Calore / Compiler: Apple Debuts iLife '08, Revamps and Upgrades Galore
Donald Melanson / Engadget:
Apple introduces iLife '08
Apple introduces iLife '08
Discussion: Infinite Loop
Michael Gartenberg:
Apple Introduces New iMacs, iLife, .Mac and iWork - First Take
Apple Introduces New iMacs, iLife, .Mac and iWork - First Take
Discussion: PC World: Techlog, Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi and Chuqui 3.0.1 Beta
Harry McCracken / PC World: Techlog: Live From Apple Event: New iMacs, iLife '08, iWorks '08
Dean Takahashi / Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi: Live blogging from Apple's new iMac debut: new versions of iLife applications
Rich Brown / CNET News.com: Mac Mini updated to Core 2 Duo CPUs
Darren Murph / Engadget: Apple refreshes Mac mini, now with Core 2 Duo
Microsoft Help and Support:
An update is available that improves the performance and reliability of Windows Vista … INTRODUCTION — This update resolves issues that may affect some Windows Vista-based computers. These issues have been reported by customers who are using the Error Reporting service or Microsoft Customer Support Services.
Discussion: All about Microsoft and jkOnTheRun
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Vista performance and reliability patch is available
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Shhhh! Pre-beta Vista SP1 is out there — Over the past couple of days, there have been new reports of sightings of the pre-beta of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1. The reported build number: 6001.16549 (longhorn_sp1beta1.070628-1825). — I've been getting tips over the past couple …
Discussion: Download Squad and Bink.nu
Sumeethevans / Bink.nu: Hearing today in 'Windows Vista Capable' suit
Robert McLaws / Windows-Now.com:
Windows Vista Pre-SP1 Performance and Reliability Updates Released
Windows Vista Pre-SP1 Performance and Reliability Updates Released
Discussion: Microsoft Help and Support, Windows Connected and Ed Bott's Windows Expertise
Arneh / WinBeta:
Windows XP SP3 Released To Small Group (Updated)
Windows XP SP3 Released To Small Group (Updated)
Discussion: CyberNet Technology News
Holly M. Sanders / New York Post:
TIMESSELECT CONTENT FREED — The New York Times is poised to stop charging readers for online access to its Op-Ed columnists and other content, The Post has learned. — After much internal debate, Times executives - including publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. - made the decision to end …
Discussion: CNET News.com, Yahoo! News, Good Morning Silicon Valley, paidContent.org, Rev2.org, Insider Chatter, Mashable!, Screenwerk, Google Blogoscoped, yelvington.com, Threat Level, Brad Linder's digital home, Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab, Reuters, BloggingStocks, Digital Trends, Todd Watson, mathewingram.com/work, ClickZ News Blog, WebProNews, jkOnTheRun, Techdirt and The Gong Show
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com: New York Times to ax premium online content, rival says
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org: TimesSelect Watch: Yes, No, Maybe Redux: NYP Says Yes
Brandon West / Rev2.org: New York Times "Select" Goes Free
Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter: Perfect Online Newspaper Storm: Digital Ads Explode, Pay Wall Implodes
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!: New York Times Sees Sense: Paywall Comes Crashing Down
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: Report: Times Abandons 'TimesSelect' for Free
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped: Rumor: NYT to Kill Paid Content Model?
Umair / Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab: Research Note: Strategic Errors Mini Case Study - TimesSelect
Kevin Kelly / BloggingStocks: NYT TimesSelect becomes freely available
Geoff Duncan / Digital Trends: New York Times Nixing Online Subscriptions?
Zachary Rodgers / ClickZ News Blog: TimesSelect Headed to the Guillotine?
David A. Utter / WebProNews: Rumor: TimesSelect Pay Service Ending
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Times Select going free? Is Times Reader content next?
Joe Weisenthal / Techdirt: R.I.P TimesSelect? — The New York Times' plan to lock …
Andrew Parker / The Gong Show: NYT Opening Up TimesSelect Content
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
New York Times To Fold TimesSelect Presaging The Death of Paid Content
New York Times To Fold TimesSelect Presaging The Death of Paid Content
Discussion: Conversion Rate Marketing Blog, Associated Press and The Next Net
Robert Gorell / Conversion Rate Marketing Blog: The Death of Paid Newspaper Content
Erick Schonfeld / The Next Net: The Last Wall is About to Fall at the NYT
New VSS Forecast Released — Shift to Alternative Media Strategies Will Drive U.S. Communications Spending Growth in 2007-2011 Period; Consumer Media Usage Expected to Level Off Going Forward … While communications spending growth accelerated in 2006, outpacing nominal GDP for the fourth …
Discussion: HipMojo.com, Searchviews, Recovering Journalist, Epicenter, paidContent.org, Business Week, BuzzMachine, 901am, E-Media Tidbits and Boing Boing
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: Television Olympian-Sized Nightmare
Drupad Sil / Searchviews: Advertising Sales Shift to New Media
Adario Strange / Epicenter: Forecast: Digital Content Kills Newspapers By 2011
Robert Andrews / paidContent.org: Online Ad Spend To Overtake Newspapers By 2011: Report
Heather Green / Business Week: Blog, Podcast RSS Online Sales To Be Nearly Half Size Of Mobile Sales
Rhiza Sanchez / 901am: Online ads to overtake newspapers in 2011?
Aline van Duyn / Financial Times:
Online ads to overtake US newspapers — The rapid growth of online advertising is expected to see the sector overtake US newspaper advertising in terms of size by 2011. — The forecast comes against a backdrop of declining advertising sales reported by newspaper groups this year in spite of continued strength in the US economy.
Laurie Petersen / MediaPost Publications: Internet Ad Spending Set To Overtake All Other Media By 2011: VSS
Holly M. Sanders / New York Post: ONLINE AD WAR
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: Forecast: Internet Expected To Exceed All Other Ad Media By 2011
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: 2011 vs 2021: The Web Shall Inherit the Earth
Stephen Chau / Google LatLong:
More Street View Cities — Since the launch of Street View we've been working hard on extending the service to more cities. — We're excited to announce that Street View is now available in San Diego, Los Angeles, Houston and Orlando. Like the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego features high-resolution imagery.
Brad Linder / Download Squad: Four more cities added to Google street View
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Google Street View Adds Four Cities
David Pett / FP Trading Desk: Immersive Media's Google deal in jeopardy
Doug Caverly / WebProNews: Google Street View Expands To Four New Cities
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System: New Cities in Google Maps Street View
Los Angeles Times:
Google Maps redraw the realm of privacy — As street-level photos are added to the site, fears of intrusion arise. — Google Inc. has been watching you, Southern California. — A caravan of cars and trucks mounted with cameras has been driving city streets for months …
Discussion: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim and Mashable!
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!: Houston, This is Google Street View
Chris DiBona / Official Google Blog:
Joining OIN — You'll often hear members of our open source team say, "Every time you use Google, you're using Linux." It's absolutely true. Check a Google engineer's workstation, and you'll probably find it's running Linux. Do a search on Google.com, and a Linux server will return your results.
Discussion: InformationWeek, The Register, Linux-Watch.com, Computerworld, Between the Lines, TechSpot News and WebProNews
Charles Babcock / InformationWeek: Google To Join Group To Protect Linux From Possible Patent Challenge
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Can Google get OIN over the enterprise hump?
Justin Mann / TechSpot News: Google joins Open Invention Network
Doug Caverly / WebProNews: Google Joins Linux-Oriented OIN
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Google signs on with Open Invention Network
Google signs on with Open Invention Network
Discussion: CNET News.com, Mashable! and Inquirer
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!: Google Joins OIN Open Source Community
Egan Orion / Inquirer: Google takes first end-user OIN licence
Leelefever / Common Craft:
Video: Social Bookmarking in Plain English — We made this video because we want others to feel the power of social bookmarking and how it works to make web pages easier to remember, organize and share. — This video is focused on Del.icio.us, but you could also try social bookmarking sites like Magnolia or Furl.
Discussion: cybersoc.com, Digital Inspiration, Beth's Blog, davidrothman.net, PC4Media, edu.blogs.com and Download Squad
Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration: How to Explain del.icio.us Bookmarks To Your Mom
Peter Caputa / PC4Media: Back in Techmeme Index — Maybe I never left. Who knows?
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Mozilla's plan for improving Firefox user retention rates — Firefox is seeing tremendous adoption rates in some parts of the world. In order to perpetuate this growth trend, Mozilla has to continue to find new ways to bring Firefox to a broader audience.
Discussion: Between the Lines and TECH.BLORGE.com
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Dissecting Firefox's retention woes
Jonathan Schlaffer / TECH.BLORGE.com: Mozilla plans to attract and keep Firefox users
HTC Advantage Brings New Level of Mobile Connectivity — Now available at CompUSA and Amazon.com — HTC Corp. (TAIEX: 2498; "HTC"), the world's leading provider of Microsoft® Windows Mobile®-based smart devices, today announced the U.S. retail availability of the HTC Advantage.
Discussion: Engadget, CrunchGear, Mobility Site, The Mobile Gadgeteer and Crave
Chris Ziegler / Engadget: HTC Advantage now available, $899 at retail
Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear: TeleNav Now On HTC Advantage
Chris Leckness / Mobility Site: It's finally here, officially... The HTC Advantage
Matthew Miller / The Mobile Gadgeteer: HTC Advantage X7501 now available at U.S. retail stores
David DeJean / InformationWeek:
Smartphone Browser Shootout: Palm, BlackBerry, HTC Vs. iPhone — Has Apple succeeded in setting a new mobile Web-browsing paradigm? We examine how the Palm Treo, BlackBerry Curve, and HTC Wing stack up against the iPhone. — This spring has seen a flood of new smartphone models, many of them with larger, more Web-friendly screens.
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QUESNEL — It's a quiet day on the floor of the West Fraser sales office.
The lumber market, after making spectacular gains earlier in the year on the recovery of the U.S. housing market, has pulled back. Builders and wholesalers have built up their inventories and are no longer panicking to get enough lumber for the summer season.
Lumber prices can be volatile, and when they spiked earlier in the year, the veteran traders at West Fraser knew better than to expect them to stay that way. Recovering markets do not follow a straight line up, Joe Heath, general manager of North American sales, had said during the heady days six months ago.
Now, as we follow our log from the forest to the sawmill, it is the traders in this open-air office within a stone's throw of the mill who will decide where it goes from here.
The sales office is where the price of lumber is set for the day, and major forest companies all have sales offices like West Fraser's with a dozen traders at their desks, talking to customers, shouting the price on a sale they just made, or maybe just waiting for the phone to ring. The sale is a negotiation. There is no set price for a railcar load of Interior construction lumber.
"It can be high-pressure. It is a commodity market," said Matt Tobin, sales manager for North American lumber at West Fraser.
No business like it
Keta Kosman, who publishes one of the trade journals that traders follow, Madison's Lumber Reporter, said there is no business like it. From the harvest to the final user, there are so many variables.
"From actually putting a nail though a board in a house in the U.S. to the guy who fires up the feller buncher in an Interior forest, there are so many things that have to happen. So many variables," she said.
Traders always have an eye on the log yard, she said, when they plan what they expect to be selling in the future.
The logging season does not mesh with the homebuilding season, and both sellers and buyers have to gauge the weather to plan their inventories. The buyer and seller are often thousands of kilometres apart.
Availability of rail cars, floods and hurricanes in the marketplace, or a soggy wet spring in the bush can affect both the price and volume of sales. And, Kosman added, there's always the economy.
The price varies not only from day to day but from customer to customer, depending on the conditions attached to the sale, Kosman said.
Relationships traders have with their customers are also important, Kosman said. Customers often phone weekly, requiring specific orders.
At West Fraser, trader Todd Buhrke explained how it works: In the open-space office, traders call out when they make sales, and everyone else then knows a railcar load of a specific dimension of lumber has been sold, the price it went for, and which list of products it was sold from. They can then strike it off their lists.
In a hot market, the traders can talk among themselves about pushing the price up. In a slow market, it is the buyers applying pressure to push it down. It can take several back-and-forth calls to make a deal.
Across the floor from Buhrke, trader George Boyd's phone rings. A customer wants lumber and Boyd's list shows that the Quesnel sawmill, where our log was processed, has what the customer wants in the yard. It's ready to be shipped. The price is set. The deal is closed.
The lumber is heading by rail to Buffalo, N.Y., where West Fraser operates a reload centre, essentially a lumber yard that's closer to the major U.S. housing markets.
Our log has made its way through West Fraser's Empire of Wood and now is ready to leave the country.
The lumber from it will be stored as inventory in Buffalo, ready to move out on a moment's notice for the summer building season on the eastern seaboard of the U.S.
The next hands to touch it will likely be those of an American carpenter, firing nails into it from a pneumatic gun, raising the wall frame he has made from it into position and hammering it into place.
It will be a new home, sheltering an American family.
And on the Cariboo Plateau, the cycle will begin again as a silvicultural crew plants another crop of seedlings to replace it.


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The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Sergeant Craig David Warfle, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy from August 18 to 19, 2010 during combat operations against an armed enemy of the United States as an Automatic Rifleman for a Joint Task Force in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. During this period, Specialist Warfle, with total disregard for his own personal safety, maneuvered on a fortified enemy machine gun position through effective enemy fire. Even after being wounded, Specialist Warfle continued to suppress the enemy with high volumes of effective fire in order to allow his team members to pull his unconscious element leader to safety. Specialist Warfle refused to be medically evacuated from the fight and his actions allowed the Platoon to hastily withdraw and defeat the enemy utilizing air assets. Specialist Warfle's distinctive accomplishments are in keeping with the finest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, this Command, and the United States Army.
NARRATIVE TO ACCOMPANY AWARD: Specialist Craig D. Warfle distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous achievement as a Ranger Squad Automatic Weapons Gunner on August 18, 2010 while deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Specialist Warfle was assigned to a task force, whose mission was to capture or kill Al Qaeda (AQ) and Taliban (TB) Senior Leadership. Specialist Warfle's valorous actions under effective fire while executing an objective saved the lives of his teammates and were instrumental in the death of at least 16 Taliban fighters, the removal of two Taliban Provincial Commanders, and the recovery of a large cache of weapons intended for use against Coalition Forces. On August 18, 2010, the team received special intelligence indicating that a Taliban Commander and weapons facilitator, was meeting near a tree line with at least 17 other Taliban fighters. Information gathered indicated that the enemy was orchestrating an ambush on Coalition Forces in Logar Province, Afghanistan. The team observed the fighters in position for the attack to include multiple spotters and runners used to communicate between the various fighting locations. The Battle Space Owner was notified of the imminent threat and diverted all convoys. When the enemy fighters aborted their attack they were observed walking in a military formation back towards a meeting site along a tree line. En route to that location the enemy fighters were positively identified to be carrying weapons. The team initiated a kinetic strike on the fighter's location from two AH-64s. The team stood ready and boarded two CH-47 helicopters for insertion once the kinetic strike was complete. Immediately after the kinetic strike, the team inserted a Ranger Element onto the hot landing zone to the West of the target area to eliminate the several remaining enemy combatants. Ranger Element 1, consisting of Specialist Warfle and five others, were tasked with isolating the Northern side of the tree line and suppressing the enemy to allow Ranger Element 2 to assault from West to East. Upon infiltration the Ranger Assault Force received effective enemy fire in vicinity of the North-South running tree line where the AH-64s had just completed gun runs. As soon as Specialist Warfle stepped off the ramp he came under fire from multiple enemy positions and without hesitation returned fire and crawled 15 meters through the muddy field towards the enemy. From this position, Specialist Warfle suppressed the multiple enemy positions with 150 rounds from his MK-46 allowing Ranger Element 1 to move to the North and Ranger Element 2 to maneuver to the South. Under fire and with no cover in the open field, Specialist Warfle continued to suppress the enemy positions permitting members of the Assault Force to get down in the prone position while the leaders determined a way to assault the enemy positions. After a couple of minutes passed, Ranger Element 2 came under heavy effective fire from enemy crew served weapons. Realizing that Ranger Element 2 was effectively pinned down in the open field to the South, Specialist Warfle moved with Sergeant Lugo to the North to flank the enemy position from the North-West. Specialist Warfle, while under heavy effective enemy fire, advanced on the enemy position to suppress the enemy and allow the Assault Force to maneuver on and destroy the entrenched enemy. As Sergeant Lugo and Specialist Warfle voluntarily maneuvered towards the enemy positions they identified two entrenched enemy personnel with automatic weapons firing on the Assault Force. Specialist Warfle continued to advance on the entrenched enemy using suppressive fire alone to protect Sergeant Lugo and himself because there was no available cover in open terrain. When Sergeant Lugo and Specialist Warfle got within 25 meters of the enemy machine gun positions, Specialist Warfle and Sergeant Lugo were both hit with a volley of machine gun fire. Although Specialist Warfle knew he had been shot in the right shoulder he disregarded his own personal safety and moved through the kill zone to Sergeant Lugo's side to protect his incapacitated Squad Leader. Specialist Warfle purposefully positioned himself in the line of enemy fire and immediately suppressed the enemy in order to defend Sergeant Lugo and provide covering fire for the platoon medic, Sergeant Solomon, to move to and treat Sergeant Lugo. Specialist Warfle fearlessly continued to provide accurate suppressive fire from his exposed position, allowing Staff Sergeant Myers and Sergeant Kochli the ability to move forward, suppress the enemy, and then subsequently evacuate Sergeant Lugo. Specialist Warfle continued to provide suppressive fire as Sergeant Solomon, Staff Sergeant Tucker, and Sergeant Kochli pulled Sergeant Lugo back to cover. Only after the casualty evacuation aircraft evacuated Sergeant Lugo, did Specialist Warfle treat the through and through gunshot wound to his right shoulder by applying a tourniquet to his right arm. Specialist Warfle then proceeded to engage the enemy position from a position between the enemy and the Platoon for over twenty minutes while the Assault Force reconsolidated and moved back away from the enemy positions. He steadfastly remained at his forward position delivering accurate fire on the enemy until all members of the Assault Force had moved across the open field to cover 100 meters to the West. Specialist Warfle bounded back to the West over the open field while the Assault Force provided suppressive fire. Specialist Warfle's actions allowed the Assault Force to break contact, drop ordnance on the enemy positions, and safely move to the exfiltration hot landing zone. By repeatedly risking his life for others, Specialist Warfle's purposeful gallant actions, selfless dedication to the safety of his teammates, and demonstrated extraordinary heroism were distinctive and exemplary. He is most deserving of the distinct recognition. Through his distinctive accomplishments, Specialist Warfle's personal actions reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
Home of record: Stow, Ohio… Has served four tours in Afghanistan


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Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. She became a household name at the age of 20 as Sister Bertrille in the 1960s sitcom The Flying Nun. She has won two Oscars: one for Norma Rae in 1979, and another for Places in the Heart in 1984.
More recently, Field stars as Nora Holden Walker on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, currently airing its third season, as the Walker family matriarch.
Sally Field was born in Pasadena, California, the daughter of Maggie, an actress, and Richard Dryden Field, who worked in sales. Her parents divorced in 1950 and her mother subsequently remarried to actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney.


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